# Is this an acceptable way to skirt board rules? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 13, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746 "2012-02-13T21:25:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/21 "2012-02-14T17:30:48Z")
**xtisme** said “You probably don’t know me as a poster from Adam” so I think it was a location. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/22 "2012-02-14T20:17:36Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > There is definitely some stuff I’ve read hear… That is an amazing ability. You should go on talk shows and Discovery and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/23 "2012-02-14T21:10:50Z")
[QUOTE=Lare] xtisme said “You probably don’t know me as a poster from Adam” so I think it was a location. [/QUOTE] A keen grasp of grammar and diction are, sadly, not something I’m overly burdened with. 😛 -XT ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/24 "2012-02-14T21:27:38Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > You mean…you guys aren’t all seeing, all knowing?? :eek: > [@Loach](#): > > The mods can read stuff that you haven’t written yet. How can the latter be true if the former is true? Which is it? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/25 "2012-02-15T00:04:58Z")
If you automatically assume that anything I post is wrong then you will be right more times than not. So, a good rule of thumb for future reference. That said, they obviously aren’t all seeing or all knowing, otherwise… _pop_ -XT ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/26 "2012-02-15T03:17:39Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The mods can read stuff that you haven’t written yet. The mods can BAN you for stuff you haven’t even THOUGHT yet! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/27 "2012-02-15T03:26:47Z")
Is this the thread for protesting my banning next month? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/28 "2012-02-15T03:41:23Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Is this the thread for protesting my banning next month? Discussions of extra-temporal moderator activities belong in the Non-Linear Forum, which will not be opened for another five years. I’ve already closed the thread you will open there relating to this issue. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/29 "2012-02-15T04:54:55Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Discussions of extra-temporal moderator activities belong in the Non-Linear Forum, which will not be opened for another five years. > > I’ve already closed the thread you will open there relating to this issue. You can’t be certain you’ll be a Mod then. Pre-emptive closure. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/30 "2012-02-15T05:09:22Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I’ve already closed the thread you will open there relating to this issue. I wish you could take the same pre-emptive action with all the spam threads. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/31 "2012-02-15T05:28:43Z")
Geez-o-pete. :eek: This is how my violation transpired: Initially, I posted what was intended as nothing more than a humourous (but totally benign seeing as how I think the number of self-professed “dittoheads” on this board is rather minute) poke. I _honestly_ edited it to “NM”, however, shortly after posting it because I realized the forum in which the thread was posted was not the place for such jokes. Now, seeing as I had an edit line offering me reason to explain my edit, I thought the not-so-clever ploy of specifically saying why I edited my post (in order to still get the joke across but the humor was enhanced by the delivery) was too funny to pass up. I honestly had no idea such a thing was a cyber-felony. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/32 "2012-02-15T06:23:45Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I wish you could take the same pre-emptive action with all the spam threads. We already did that next year. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/33 "2012-02-15T06:38:19Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Remember that even though the original offensive post is no longer visible to the public, moderators have tools that make it visible to us – and actionable. Noted, with thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/34 "2012-02-15T14:25:09Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Now, seeing as I had an edit line offering me reason to explain my edit, I thought the not-so-clever ploy of specifically saying why I edited my post (in order to still get the joke across but the humor was enhanced by the delivery) was too funny to pass up. 1. Edits aren’t required to be explained. 2. You really should work on your social skills; you’d end up with fewer incidents of foot-in-mouth disease. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/35 "2012-02-15T14:46:55Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Geez-o-pete. :eek: > > This is how my violation transpired: Initially, I posted what was intended as nothing more than a humourous (but totally benign seeing as how I think the number of self-professed “dittoheads” on this board is rather minute) poke. I _honestly_ edited it to “NM”, however, shortly after posting it because I realized the forum in which the thread was posted was not the place for such jokes. > > Now, seeing as I had an edit line offering me reason to explain my edit, I thought the not-so-clever ploy of specifically saying why I edited my post (in order to still get the joke across but the humor was enhanced by the delivery) was too funny to pass up. So, in other words, you violated board rules. Caught yourself and redacted it. Then said “Whatever, who cares about board rules, they’ll know what I mean” and violated the board rules anyways. Just like in life you seem to think you’re above the rules. > [@](#): > > I honestly had no idea such a thing was a cyber-felony. Now, you know full well that’s a lie. You admitted in the beginning of this post that what you did was a violation. But you chose to do it anyways. Besides, if you didn’t think it was against board rules, why’d you edit it out? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/36 "2012-02-15T20:44:47Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > So, in other words, you violated board rules. Caught yourself and redacted it. Then said “Whatever, who cares about board rules, they’ll know what I mean” and violated the board rules anyways. > Just like in life you seem to think you’re above the rules. > > Now, you know full well that’s a lie. You admitted in the beginning of this post that what you did was a violation. But you chose to do it anyways. Besides, if you didn’t think it was against board rules, why’d you edit it out? A lie? A _lie?!_ My god man. I said “I had no idea this was a _cyber-felony_”. My use of the term “cyber-felony” was intended as farcical hyperbole. I regarded my transgression as a, at best, mild board no-no. Given the harmless comedic content of my “transgression”, however, I figured that no one would get too upset with it. You leap to any issue of mine as if it’s a ban-worthy event. Get a life. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/37 "2012-02-15T20:51:53Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > A lie? A _lie?!_ My god man. I said “I had no idea this was a _cyber-felony_”. My use of the term “cyber-felony” was intended as farcical hyperbole. I regarded my transgression as a, at best, mild board no-no. Given the harmless comedic content of my “transgression”, however, I figured that no one would get too upset with it. You leap to any issue of mine as if it’s a ban-worthy event. Get a life. I didn’t say it was ban worthy. I just said you knew it was against board rules when you did it but seem to feel that board rules don’t apply to you. You seem to think that a lot of rules don’t apply to you. ETA, have I ever said anything you’ve done here was ban-worthy? I honestly don’t think I have? I’d prefer if you didn’t say that about me if I didn’t do it. I’m not trying to nit pick, but I’m pretty sure I’ve never called for your banning/warning etc. I’m not even sure of the last time I’ve requested a mod’s attention on this board for anything other then spam. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/38 "2012-02-15T21:14:03Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I didn’t say it was ban worthy. I just said you knew it was against board rules when you did it but seem to feel that board rules don’t apply to you. You seem to think that a lot of rules don’t apply to you. > > ETA, have I ever said anything you’ve done here was ban-worthy? I honestly don’t think I have? I’d prefer if you didn’t say that about me if I didn’t do it. I’m not trying to nit pick, but I’m pretty sure I’ve never called for your banning/warning etc. I’m not even sure of the last time I’ve requested a mod’s attention on this board for anything other then spam. Did I protest any mod action taken against my violation? Of course not. What in the world are you talking about, “I don’t think the rules should apply to me”. That is utter bs. I made a mistake and I’ve been admonished for it. My error was in not realizing the gravity of my violation, evidently. I’ve made _absolutely no attempts_ to be above any rules. And you don’t seem to read what I write very clearly, do you? I did not say you ever said anything I did or posted here was ban-worthy. What I _said_ was “you leap to any issue of mine _ **as if** _ it was ban-worthy”. Please take the time to read and digest my posts before responding. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746/39 "2012-02-15T21:51:24Z")
Given that the question in the OP has been answered, and this is descending into bickering, I’m closing this. If you want to fight with each other do it in the Pit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-acceptable-way-to-skirt-board-rules/612746.md?page=1)